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bug light

American

noun

a yellow light bulb, used mainly outdoors, that does not attract insects.

Example Sentences

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A quick click-clicking from a bug light at the tire store.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

They were waiting for me under a yellow bug light on the porch.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

As the "bug" light caught her face, Roger saw that it was Charley.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré

Nyoda threw aside the curtain and flashed her bug light on the floor below.

From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

"Wasn't it, though!" answered Sahwah, flashing her little bug light on the path before her.

From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

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